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Anglican/Episcopal, Islam Mark Goering Anglican/Episcopal, Islam Mark Goering

Anglicans demand global blasphemy law

John 10:32-33 Blogger, Archbishop Cranmer responds to the Anglican leaders who are calling for a UN declaration to outlaw ‘intentional and deliberate insulting or defamation of persons (such as prophets), symbols, texts and constructs of belief deemed holy by people of faith’.

...That has played second fiddle to the demands of this Muslim bloc, led by Pakistan, a country looking for international laws to provide cover for its abhorrent domestic blasphemy laws Last month, a 14-year-old Christian girl was arrested in Pakistan on blasphemy charges for carrying torn pages of the Koran in her bag.

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Anglican/Episcopal, Islam Mark Goering Anglican/Episcopal, Islam Mark Goering

Anglicans demand global blasphemy law

John 10:32-33 Blogger, Archbishop Cranmer responds to the Anglican leaders who are calling for a UN declaration to outlaw ‘intentional and deliberate insulting or defamation of persons (such as prophets), symbols, texts and constructs of belief deemed holy by people of faith’.

...That has played second fiddle to the demands of this Muslim bloc, led by Pakistan, a country looking for international laws to provide cover for its abhorrent domestic blasphemy laws Last month, a 14-year-old Christian girl was arrested in Pakistan on blasphemy charges for carrying torn pages of the Koran in her bag.

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Global South, Islam, Pentecostalism, Trends Mark Goering Global South, Islam, Pentecostalism, Trends Mark Goering

7 billion reasons

Here are his estimates of the trends in population growth and the changes in religious identification since 1900. Note the incredible rise of Pentecostal/Charismatic movements (includes African independent churches and Chines underground house churches) which has taken place predominantly in the developing world where the population is growing fastest.

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